St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 18, 1914

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: } 1 James M. Barrie’s New sea.” Barrie's pla the Chancellor an _will print it in full. Play in Next Sunday ’s Post-Dispatch “Der Tag” (‘The Day’) will be played in London Monday night for the first time on any stage. The eat toast in the German navy is “Der Tag,” mean- ng “to the day when we shall humble England on the is around this, with the spirit of German culture as : the principal characters. The Sunday Post-Dispatch onechagn 2? PO LIS OCS SL Na TN TE OK emerge i” pee ae Se 22 Foe Tage ner res ay " . a the Kaiser, VOL. 67. NO. 120. VENIN PRICE ONE CENT NIGH’ EDITION FINANCIAL MARKETS SPORTS | "4 - —- 5 PER CENT INCREASE | IN RATES GRANTED TO EASTERN RAILRUADS Freight Advances Allowed by Inter- state Commission Except in Few . Specific Commodities. HARLAN AND CLEMENTS DISSENT FROM RULING ay Effects of War Recognized as Just Demand for Higher Tariffs in Decision That Will Add $30,000,000 a Year to Revenue of Carriers. By Wire From the Washington Bureau of the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion today granted increases in freight rates approximating five per cent on all the railroads between the Atlantic Seaboard and the Mississippi River, north of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers. It is estimated the advanced rates will add $30,000,000 to the annual in- come of the 112 lines affected. The exceptions made to the increases apply to certain heavy commodities, which comprise a large bulk of traffic and which originates principally around the Great Lakes. The increases will further apply to the railroads west of Buf- falo and Pittsburg, which were granted partial advances in the de- cision of last August, which denied them altogether to the roads east of these points. The commission made its decision upon the showing.of.the railroads that in addition to conditions from which they previously asked relief, they now were confronted with an emergency because of the war in Eu- rope. Herian and Clements Dissent. With Commissioners Harlan and Clem- ents dissenting, the majority of the commission declared: “Whatever the consequences of the war may prove to be, we must recognize the fact that it exists; the fact that it is a calamity without precedent, and the fact that by it the commerce of the world has been disarranged and thrown into confusion. The means of transpor- tation are fundamental and indispensible agencies in our industrial life and for the common wéal should be kept abreast of public requirements.”’ Summarizing the basis of its decision, the majority report of the commission said: The facts disclosed and occurrences originating subsequent to May 29, 1914, as presented at the further hear- ing may be summarized under three heads—first. completed returns for the fiscal- year ending June 30, 1914, and returns from succeeding months; second, the war in Europe, and third, results of the original order. When these cases were originally submitted, as also when the orig- inal report was prepared, the reve- nue and expenditures account for June, 1914, and the property invest- ment account for that fiscal year, were not available, the war was un- foreseen and the results of our order were, of course, yet to come. Col- Decision Was Forecast by the Post-Dispatch. DISPATCH from its Wash- A ington bureau published last Monday in the Post- Dispatch announced informa.- tion had been obtained that the Eastern railroads would be permitted to increase freight rates 5 per cent, and that the order probably would be issued within a week. The information, obtained from an official in close touch with the situation, is proved by today’s announcement to have been accurate. aaa lectively they present a new situa- tion. The commission issued this order: It is ordered that respondents herein be, and they are hereby, authorized to publish and file, by not less than 10 days’ notice to the Interstate Commerce Commission and to the general public in the manner prescribed in section six of the act to regulate commerce, schedules of rates which do not exceed the limits or transgress the limitations, stated and prescribed in said report. It is further ordered, that the per- mission hereby granted does not waive any of the requirements of the commission’s published rules relative to the construction and filing of tariff publications, nor any of the provi- sions of the act to regulate com- merce, aS amenGced, except as to the notice to be given. Majority Opinion Declares War to Be Just Grounds for Increase The decision says: “While we differ as to the relative importance to be attached to the va- rious considerations presented, we agree in the conclusion that by virtue of the conditions obtaining at present, it is necessary that the carriers’ revenue be supplemented by increases through- cut official classification territory. “Whatever the consequences of the war may prove to be, we must recog- nize the fact that it exists, the fact that it is a calamity without precedent, and the fact that by it the commerce of the world has been disarranged and thrown into confusion. The means of transporiction are fundamental and in- dispensable agencies in our industrial life, and for the common weal should should be kept abreast of public re- quirements. “The original report, besides approving a rate increase in central freight asso- ciation territory, suggested 10 sources of additional revenue for all carriers throughout official classiAcation terri- tory; the present report, recognizing the existence of a new situation since July 29, acquiesces in a territorial extension of the relief granted to the Central Freight Association line by permitting the carriers to file tariffs, providing with certain exceptions, specified herein, for horizontal rate increases in official clas- sification territory. “It is expected that the constructive work suggested in the original report for the purpose of conserving and aug- menting the net revenues of the carriers ly will be carried forward without “Carriers will be required to keep an| account of the additions to their reve- nues from increases in rates subsequent to July 29, 1914, and from new charges, and to report separately thereon to the Continued on Page Ten, Column One. : : i Fs Se ag aaa In the foreground are the bathing beach and Spa grounds opposite Kiel, the German naval base. ships during the bombardment Wednesday. Copyright, 1914, by UWnderwood & Underwocd., of the famous English watering place, 200 miles from London and directly Many German shells were dropped into the buildings along the front by the guns of the German war- RAIN OR SNOW TONIGHT = AND HIGHER TEMPERAT”; THE TEMPERATURES. Official fore- for St and vi- Rain or cast Louis einity : snow tonight; tomorrow cloudy; the iow- est temperature tonight about the freezing point; colder to- morrow after- noon. Missouyr i: Light rain or snow this after- noon and prob- ably tonight; warmer in southeast and colder in rorth- J west portion to- partly cloudy and colder. Illinois: Light snow in northern, rain or snow in southern portion to- night; warmer toni; it; tomorrow cloudy, with colder in the afternoon. WATCH THE WHITE GAUNTLETS Traffic Policemen to Wea: Them for Signaling in the Evening. Many traffic policemen hereafter will wear white gauntlets at night. The gauntlets are large enough to slip over the gloves and will be used to enable drivers more readily to see the police- men's signals. Complaint has been made by drivers that at intersections which are not bril- liantly lighted it is difficult for them to tell whether the policeman is signal- ing them to come ahead or'‘to wait. The white gauntlets are made of oil- cloth and come nearly to the wearer's elbows. When a hand encased in one of these is held up it is visible even if the lights are not very bright. The gauntlets will be dealt out only to those policemen who have to regulate traffic on comparatively dark corners. 4 in a row Just think of it! On each and every day this week thus far—Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday—the POST-DISPATCH has approximately equaled or exceeded three out of all four of the other St. Louis papers in the volume of business carried from thé St. Louis merchants. On Thursday the count was— Post-Dispatch alone, 104 Cols. The 3 nearest competitors—the Globe- Democrat, Republic and Times—combined. 84 Cols. Tu other words, on the four consecutive days that have passed this week the POST-DISPATCH has carried 307 columns of home merchants’ edvertising, while taree out of all four of its competitors carried only 288 columns. Follow the Leaders! St. Louis’ ONE BIG newspaper. Average circulation first 11 months 1914: Daily (except Sunday), 176,349 OS ae ... 313,134 Firat ia Everything. 75 STUDENTS AT =| MPKENOREE FLEE FROM QUARANTINE Mayor Goes to Placard Dormi- tory Because of Scarlet Fever; Finds it Empty. Seventy-five young men, students of McKendree College, Lebanon, Ill., made 2 hurriea exit yesterday from their dor- mitory, Carnegie Hall, to avoid being quarantined there over the holidays. A case of scarlet fever was the cause. Mayor Robinson, vice of City Attorney C. E. Chamberlin and Dr. J. B. Scruggs, who was at- tending the patient, was determined to quarantine the dormitory, with all that it contained, and headed for the college with that purpose. The students, ap- rrised of his approach, jumbled belong- ings into suit cases and fled. G. W. Creed, a member of the Lebanon Board of Health, who accompanied Robinson, says the horizon was fringed with heels and suit cases as thev approached and that some of the students jumped from the windows. Gilbert Harmon, a dent John F.. Harmon, had been sick several days. Yesterday morning Dr. Scruggs diagnosed his disease as scar- let fever. Muyor Robinson, as chair- man of the Board of Health, heard about it and set about quarantining the dormitory. although the doctor advised that quarantining Harmon’s room would be sufficient. He summoned Creed and they started to the college to placard the dormitory. The term had been brought to a close for the Christmas holidays ahead of time on account of the student’s sickness and the students were getting ready to go home. They expedited their preparations amazing- 1. and when Robinson arrived with his placards he found the building empty, with the exception of the sick student, the matron and the nurse. The Mayor, conceding that there was not much use of quarantining the va- cated rooms, contented himself with nla- carding the occupied part of the build- ing. There was no disposition to quar- artine the girls’ dormitory, some dis- tance away, and the girls departed in more leisurely fashion. GRAND JURY FOR ENTIRE SESSION OF LEGISLATURE JEFFERSON CITY, Dec. 18.-J. G. Slate, Circuit Judge, announced ‘today that he would call the Cole County grand jury and hold it in session dur- ing the entire session of the Legisla- ture, so that it may be ready to inves- tigate any seandals or charges of off1- cial misconduct which may arise. The period following the legislative sessions is usually occupied with inves- tigations of the conduct of members or the action of public officials and Judge Slate proposes to eliminate the delay and the added expense of calling an extra session of the grand jury. nephew of Presi- EO ttn Swedish King Goes to Meet Other Scandinavian Rulers LONDON, Dec. 18.—King Gustave of Sweden, accompanied by the Foreign Minister, started for Malmo last night. according to a Reuter dispatch from Stockh holm. At Malmo he is to meet the Kings of Norway and Denmark for nu conference regarding the asituation which has arisen becauge of the wer. overriding the ad-, RECEIVER ASKED FUR TRUNK FIRM IN SISTERS: WAR Nona May Linton Brings Action in P. C. Murphy Estate Controversy. Mrs. A fight between sisters for the control of thes, Sate father’s business caused the filing, by Mrs. Nona May Linton, today of a suit for the appoirtment of a receiver for the P. C. Murphy Trunk Co., which has its office and factory at Thirteenth and Papin streets, besides a aowntown salesroom. Mrs. Linton, who lives at 3668 Lindell boulevard, is one of the daughters of the late Patrick C. Murphy. She and her * sister, Miss Kate Murphy, have been! engaged in a contest for control of the! company, and Miss Murphy yesterday ‘ filed a petition for an injunction to keep | Mrs.. Linton, her husband, B. B. Linton, and others associated with them, from interfering with Miss Murphy and Alfred E. Baker in the conduct of the business. A temporary restraining order was is- sued and deputy Sheriffs broke into the closed trunk factory and took charge. Mrs. Linton, who had previously filed a motion in the Probate Court to have her sister removed as executrix of their father’s estate, replied to Misg Mur- phy’s injunction suit with the suit for a receivership. As soon as the re- ceivership suit was assigned to Judge McQuillan’s court, H. A. Hamilton ap- peared as attorney for the trunk com- pany, and filed a statement to the ef- fect that the company joined in the pe- tition for a receiver. Hamilton repre- sented Mrs. Linton in the Probate Court proceedings, and the other side is not expected to recognize him as represent- ing the company. Schnurmacher & Ras- sieur represent Mrs. Linton in the re- ceivership case. Mrs. Linton’s petition for a receiver states that the trunk company has a capital stock of $160,000, and that the property, if properly managed, should net eight per cent a year profit. Last January, she states, her husband was elected president of the company and H. T. V. Perry secretary, both for one veaP. Linton and Perry were two of the five directors, but the three other directors. Mrs. Linton alleges, met and elected Alfred E. Baker president and Miss Kate Murphy secretary of the company. Baker and Miss Murphy were two of these three directors, and the other was A. W. Gross. Through the conflict of authority in the management, Mrs. Linton alleges, the business is likely to be damaged, and to lose the services of some of the most valuable of the employes, the to- tal number of whom varies from 100 to 250. : Judge McQuillin will handle the whoie tangle of litigation, except the Probate Court end. A third sister, Mrs. George D. Rosenthal of 4304 Washington boule- vard, has not appeared in the litigation thus far. Gevennary. Plestiel: tas: deans Switzerland. Paris Editor Says PARIS, Dec. 18.—As proof that Ger- many made plans to annex Switzerland, the Matin prints photographs of Ger- man 10 and 7% pfennig stamps, across which are printed in black ietters. “Schweiz, 10 centimes” and “Schweiz, "5 centimes. MMAYORISBAGK: FAVORS FNDIN WORK FOR IDLE Would Re-Employ Mén- Laid Off by City and Hire as Many Others as. Can Be Used. Mayor Kiel, back in his office today after an inspection trip to Louisiana and Texas cities, said he favored employ- ing all the men porsible. who have been laid off by the city within the last 230 days, and giving employment to all idle men for whom the city can profitably find work. Kiel said he would trust the limit of the city’s financial ability to do this to Comptroller Player’s judgment. The Comptroller a tew days ago said he could find money to employ 500 men for 60 days at $1.50 or $2 a day. He made it plain that department heads were not to undertake any new work, as the city already faced a $300,000 deficit in its op- eration until next April, end of the fiscal year. Mayor Kiel, speaking sarcastically. said that those Washington avenue mer- chants and shoe houses and some news- papers, which had recently laid off a number of employes, should re-emplov them. “It may cost them a little, but, like the city, they should be willing to spend money to relieve distress,’’ the Mayor said. A number of department heads visit- ed the Mayor during the morning, and it is probable they will at once submit a list of work at which men could be profitably employed by the city. So far, Park Commissioner Davis is the only department head who has out- lined work. He will soon spend $2000 to have seamstresses make 2000 bathinz suits for use at the public pools next summer. “FLYING BUN SQUAD IS FORMED TO CHECK CRIME Detectives to Search Anyene Sus- pected of Carrving Co-. cealed Weapon. A “flying gun squad” Wes erranized yesterday by Detective Ceé% Allender as part of a plan to check the annual crime wave which sweeps et. Louis about this time of the year. Pheir du- ties will be to search anyone they sus- pect of carrying a concealed weapon. The squad’s hours of duty will bes from ll a. m. to 1 a. m., with a few hours off in the afternoon for recrea- tion. They will devote thelr attention to downtown streets and have orders to siop every suspicious looking character. acter. The squad is referred to as the “flying gun squad’’ because they have orders to cover much territory in a short space of time. ee ae HE SUES WIFE WHO SNORES Wealthy Kansan Says It Has Made Married Life a Bt -‘en. HUTCHINSON, Kan., Dec. 18.—C. N. Sentney, a wealthy wholesale grocer. today filed suit for a divorce from Mrs. Margaret Price Sentney. Mra. Sentney. according to the petition, assured her husband before they were married that she did not snore and since then, he deciares, he has found that she does. This fact, he says, has mrde Nre a burden. VICTORY BERLIN, GAY WITH FLAGS, CELEBRATES IN POLAND 5 Enthusiasm in Capital Based on News That Russians Are Retreating Everywhere. PRESSURE MAINTAINED BY THE ALLIES IN FRANCE French Capture Trenches Along Front Nearly ~ Mile Long— German Ships Which Bom- barded Coast Reported to Have Sunk Two British Destroyers sy Associated Press. unchanged. ’’ The enthusiasm in the Kaiser's capi- tal began yesterday with the issuance of an official communication by army headquarters, saying “‘The Russian o-- fensive against Silesia and Posen has completely broken down. In the whole of Poland the enemy was forced to re- treat after fierce and stubborn fronta battles and is being pursued every- where.” Within half an hour after the issuance of the bulletin yesterday, extra editions of the newspapers appeared and the whole city literally flashed into bunting Today the schools were closed that the children might assemble to celebrate the victory. The first intimation of the nature and extent of the Russian defeat was re- ceived here Wednesday evening and circulated in.officia) quarters, but noth-- ing was known of it generally until tue official bulletin was published. It had been understood that the Russians were in a precarious position, but it was not hinted that a decisive result was at hand. It je known now that thousands of Russians have been taken prisoners. Maj. Moraht, the military correspond- ent of the Tageblatt, says: “On this Russian advance rested all the hopes of our enemies in the West. These hopes, which began to falter with the victory at Lodz and were strongly shaken by our successful of- fensive in Galicia and South Poland, have now been buried by the new vic- tory south of the Vistula. “Germany may rejoice over the retire- ment of the Russian millions.”’ Germans Capture 8700 Frenchmen. The official statement issued by the War Office today speaks of the cam- ;aign in the Western field as follows: “The fighting in Nieuport continues favorable. but no decision yet has been reached. “The French attacks between La Bassee and Arras and on both sides of the River Somme have resulted in failure, with severe losses to the enemy. On the Somme the French lost 1200 men in prisoners and at least 1800 in dead. Our own losses were under 200. “In the Argonne forest our suc- ceasful attack resulted in the capture of some 7500 prisoners, in addition to war material. There have been no important developments elsewhere on the Western front.” It is considered probable that several days will pass before full details of the battle in Poland are made public. —— TWO BRITISH SHIPS REPORTED SUNK German Raiders Said to Have Sent Destroyers to the Bottom. LONDON, Dec. 18.—An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter’s Telegram Co. con- tains a German official statement which two of the British destroyers, which attacked the German raiding squadron, off the British cost, were sunk. The communication follows: “The retreating crulsers were attacke14 by four British destroyers, one of ‘hich was sunk. Another disappeared badly damaged. “At another point another English de- stroyer was sunk.” An official statement itesued by the British Admiralty last night made no mention of any Britieh warship having been lost. The British statement said the light cruiser Patrol and. the de- stroyer Doon, which were among the British ships that attacked the German cruisers. were struck by shelle and lost five men In killed and 16 wounded The says two vessels mentioned could have, el 7 4 * was Nani 3 had ae S nb ee Zé ae cee dalle ® safed ss a BERLIN, via London, Dec. 18.—Berlin, ablaze with flags, to- day is celebrating the distinctive success of German arms in Rus- sian Poland, where the soldiers of the Czar are said by army head- quarters to be retreating everywhere. ' The official statement issued by the War Office today said: ‘‘Tn Poland we continue to pursue the retreating enemy. ‘‘On the frontiers of East and West Prussia Von Buelow Says Fleet’s Next Feat May Astonish World — ROME, Dec. 14 N his*Atrival at Rome, Prince OC von Buelow, the former Im- perial German Chanceile* and now Ambassador to Italy, w: 3 informed. of the bombardment ;« ° the English coast by German ship-, but showed no surprise He sa |! this achievement had been arrang 1 for prior to his departure fre 4 Berlin, and added: “This is simply the prelude Ww what the German fleet is soon to undertake, which may astonish the : world.”’ the situation ts ° ¢ small chance of doing any serious — damage to the larger German ships en- aged. It is believed now that the German squadron included at least four battle cruisers of the superdreadnought class and two armored cruisers. The shelling of the Hartlepools and Scarborough was simultaneous, but Whitby was visited by the warships after they had left the other towns. An inquest has been begun today inte the deaths of the 77 persons killed in the Hartlepools and a similar inquiry will be conducted in Scarborough, where 17 persons were killed. There has been naval activity on the part of the allies in other parts of the world. British ships have been bom- barding the Germans along the coast of Flanders and the Turks in the Gulf of Saros, where heavy damage has been done, while the Russian Black Sea fleet has sunk a German steamer and a ves- sel supposed to be a Turkish warship. Austria, it is reported, has lost the training ship Beethoven, which, ff {t was being used for training purposes, would have at least 0 cadets on board. ; Russians Drive Germans Across East Prustans Frontier. | ° PETROGRAD, Dec. 18—The following statement from the general staff of the Russian Commander in Chief wag made public last night: - ‘In the direction of Miawa (on ' East Prussian border) our cavalry vanguard troops are chasing energeti¢- ally the beaten Germans. “Several 6f their corps already have crossed the frontier. ‘During the chase we have captured prisoners, guns and war material. “Or the left bank of the Vistula (if Poland) and in Eastern Galicia, on “et i6, no important fighting took place. “During the past week the garriso™ at Przemsyl hac attempted several ‘or ties, all of which were repulsed. inflict- ing heavy losses on the enemy. During one of these sorties we captured several hundred prisoners and machine guns.” French Occopy German Trenches on Front Nearty Mile Lowes. ‘ PARIS, Dec. 18.—The War Office's of ficial communication given out this afternoon, says: “The day of Dec. 17 was marked, — as we said yesterday, by an advance — on our part in Belgium, where every counter attack undertaken by the enemy failed. > “Tn the region of Arras,-@ vigor= ous offensive made us masters Soe a Poe Pe ineaiaeatie . ie oid lances pit re i ~htirome riba ‘Neal Pe pin : omy ie — . awe eee hale aw ve Nae nigaiae Se ee.) ae re > a TiRe _ at Auchy, La Basse, St. Leurant Blangy. At this iast place we occupied a front more one kilometer (@ of a mile) almost ali the first line trenches of the enemy. aa “In the region of | Gantiamed en Pome as ¥ >